1910 in Australian literature explained

This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1910.

Books

• Mary Gaunt – The Uncounted Cost^[1]
• Fergus Hume – High Water Mark^[2]
• G. B. Lancaster – Jim of the Ranges^[3]
• Rosa Praed – Opal Fire^[4]
• Ambrose Pratt
  • A Daughter of the Bush^[5]
  • The Living Mummy^[6]
• Henry Handel Richardson – The Getting of Wisdom
• Ethel Turner – Fair Ines^[7]
• Lilian Turner – Three New Chum Girls^[8]
• Wong Shee Ping — The Poison of Polygamy

Short stories

• Arthur Bayldon – The Tragedy Behind the Curtain and Other Stories^[9]
• James Francis Dwyer – "A Jungle Graduate"^[10]
• Henry Lawson – The Rising of the Court and Other Sketches in Prose and Verse^[11]
• Sumner Locke – "When Dawson Died"^[12]
• Steele Rudd
  • The Dashwoods^[13]
  • On an Australian Farm^[14]
• Thomas Edward Spencer – The Haunted Shanty and Other Stories^[15]

Poetry

See main article: 1910 in poetry.

• E. J. Brady – Bush-Land Ballads^[16]
• C. J. Dennis – "An Old Master"
• Louis Esson – Bells and Bees: Verses^[17]
• Mary Gilmore – Marri'd and Other Verses
• Henry Lawson – The Skyline Riders and Other Verses^[18]
• John Shaw Neilson
  • "The Girl with the Black Hair"^[19]
  • "Surely God was a Lover"^[20]
  • "You, and Yellow Air"
• Bernard O'Dowd – "The Poet"

Drama

• J. Le Gay Brereton – To-morrow^[21]
• Katharine Susannah Prichard – The Burglar^[22]

Births

A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1910 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.

• 26 February – Paul White, missionary, evangelist, radio program host and author of the Jungle Doctor Series (died 1992)^[23]
• 21 March – Elizabeth Riddell, poet (died 1998)^[24]
• 21 June – Clive Sansom, poet and dramatist (died 1981)^[25]
• 22 July – Alan Moorehead, journalist (died 1983)^[26]
• 31 August – Joan Colebrook, journalist and writer (died 1991)^[27]

Deaths

A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1910 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.

• 18 January – James Lister Cuthbertson, poet (born 1851)^[28]
• 3 April – Catherine Helen Spence, novelist (born 1825)^[29]

See also

• 1910 in Australia
• 1910 in literature
• 1910 in poetry
• List of years in Australian literature
• List of years in literature

Notes and References

1. Web site: Austlit — The Uncounted Cost by Mary Gaunt . Austlit. 21 November 2023.
2. Web site: Austlit — High Water Mark by Fergus Hume . Austlit. 21 November 2023.
3. Web site: Austlit — Jim of the Ranges by G. B. Lancaster . Austlit. 21 November 2023.
4. Web site: Austlit — Opal Fire by Roda Praed . Austlit. 21 November 2023.
5. Web site: Austlit — A Daughter of the Bush by Ambrose Pratt . Austlit. 28 November 2023.
6. Web site: Austlit — The Living Mummy by Ambrose Pratt . Austlit. 21 November 2023.
7. Web site: Austlit — Fair Ines by Ethel Turner . Austlit. 21 November 2023.
8. Web site: Austlit — Three New Chum Girls by Lilian Turner . Austlit. 21 November 2023.
9. Web site: Austlit — The Tragedy Behind the Curtain and Other Stories by Arthur Bayldedon . Austlit. 21 November 2023.
10. Web site: Austlit — "A Jungle Graduate" by James Francis Dwyer . Austlit. 21 November 2023.
11. Web site: Austlit — The Rising of the Court and Other Sketches in Prose and Verse by Henry Lawson . Austlit. 21 November 2023.
12. Web site: Austlit — "When Dawson Died" by Sumner Locke . Austlit. 21 November 2023.
13. Web site: Austlit — The Dashwoods by Steele Rudd . Austlit. 21 November 2023.
14. Web site: Austlit — On an Australian Farm by Steele Rudd . Austlit. 21 November 2023.
15. Web site: Austlit — The Haunted Shanty and Other Stories by Thos. E. Spencer . Austlit. 21 November 2023.
16. Web site: Austlit — Bush-Land Ballads by E. J. Brady . Austlit. 20 November 2023.
17. Web site: Austlit — Bells and Bees: Verses by Louis Esson . Austlit. 20 November 2023.
18. Web site: Austlit — The Skyline Riders and Other Verses by Henry Lawson . Austlit. 20 November 2023.
19. Web site: Austlit — "The Girl with the Black Hair" by John Shaw Neilson . Austlit. 20 November 2023.
20. Web site: Austlit — "Surely God was a Lover" by John Shaw Neilson . Austlit. 20 November 2023.
21. Web site: Austlit — To-morrow by J. Le Gay Brereton . Austlit. 21 November 2023.
22. Web site: Austlit — The Burglar by Katharine Susannah Prichard . Austlit. 21 November 2023.
23. http://www.hawkesbury.net.au/cemetery/southern_highlands/st_simon_st_jude/sssj008.html Hawkesbury on the Net, Paul White's grave
24. Web site: Austlit — Elizabeth Riddell (1910–1998). Austlit. 20 November 2023.
25. Web site: Clive Henry Sansom (1910–1981) by Ralph Spaulding . Australian Dictionary of Biography. 20 November 2023.
26. Web site: Moorehead, Alan McCrae (1910–1983) by John Lack. Australian Dictionary of Biography. 25 June 2023.
27. Web site: Austlit — Joan Colebrook (1910–1991). Austlit. 20 November 2023.
28. Web site: James Lister Cuthbertson (1851–1910) by P. L. Brown . Australian Dictionary of Biography. 20 November 2023.
29. Web site: Catherine Helen Spence (1825–1910) by Susan Eade . Australian Dictionary of Biography. 20 November 2023.